NREN Users in Eastern Europe CEENGINE Work Package #2 Dr. Krasimir Simonski – Chair of CEENet

1. NREN Users in Eastern EuropeCEENGINE Work Package #2Dr. Krasimir Simonski – Chair of CEENet www.ceengine.eu Krasimir Simonski, ksimonski@gmail.com

2. http://www.ceengine.eu WP#2: Support for Users and User Consultancy • Monitoring of NREN User communities • Analysis of NREN users requirements and their segmentation • User consultancy

3. http://www.ceengine.eu CEENGINE User Database 1.0 • What are the users? • What are their legal names and contact data? • Where are they located (geographically and logically)? • What are their research interests, do they have partners in CEENGINE region and in Europe? • How do they participate in ERA, do they plan to do so, if yes – in which areas? • Do they use (or plan to use) GEANT Network?

4. http://www.ceengine.eu www.ceengine.eu/users

5. http://www.ceengine.eu Definition of Scope • 105 recommendations of NREN Power Users to be contactedand analyzed if they fit the definition of an NREN Power user • Research for additional Power Users country by country – 24 countries included • Profile the NREN Power Users • Design and develop a database of all Power Users • Wiki the database

6. http://www.ceengine.eu Develop the profile • Contact information • Description of the institution • Description of the research potential • Relevance to Networking Research • Relevance to the GEANT services: • list of the GEANT services • latest status of the services • Use of the GEANT connectivity • Future plans

7. http://www.ceengine.eu GEANT Services • eduroam (Allows students, researchers and staff from participating institutions to obtain Internet connectivity across campus and when visiting other participating institutions by simply opening their laptop) • eduGAIN, (provides the means for achieving interoperation between different Authentication and Authorisation Infrastructures (AAI)) • eduPERT (A federated PERT (Performance and Enhancement Response Team) that combines independent PERTs (the GÉANT PERT and the National, Local and Project PERTs) with a portfolio of central services to aid them in their network investigations) • perfSONAR (multi-domain diagnostics service) • eduPKI (a “trust factory” able to serve those GN3 services needing PKI certificates) • educonf (pan-European videoconferencing service) • MD BoD (Multi-DomainBandwidth-on-Demand) (end-to-end, point-to-pointconnectivityservicefordatatransportovermultipledomains)

8. http://www.ceengine.eu GEANT global connectivity • EUMEDCONNECT2: connecting seven NRENs across North Africa and the Middle East • CAREN: (Central Asia Research and Education Network) interconnecting Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan and Tajikistan (Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan also eligible to join) • TEIN3 in Asia: 13 beneficiary partners (BD, BT, KH, IN, ID, LA, MY, NP, PK, PH, LK, TH, VN) and 6 non-beneficiary partners (AU, CN, JP, KR, SG, TW) • AfricaConnect: UbuntuNet Alliance, WACREN and Association of African Universities • USA: Internet2, NISN (NASA), NLR, USLHCNet; ESNet • America: CANARIE, CEDIA, CoNARE, CUDI, INNOVA|RED, RAAP, RAGIE, RAICES, RAU2, REACCIUN2, RedCyT, RENATA, REUNA, RNP

9. http://www.ceengine.eu Wiki database • Design a template • Graphical • Structure • Overall design – colors, pictures, fonts.. • Structure the database • By countries • Hyperlinking • Enter information manually • First version release

10. http://www.ceengine.eu Profile of Bulgarian Supercomputer Center

11. http://www.ceengine.eu Profile of Dogus University - Turkey

12. http://www.ceengine.eu Profile of Georgia GTU

13. http://www.ceengine.eu The scope of work • 150 universities, research labs and institutes were researched • 57 NREN Power Users were profiled • 18 countries included: • Armenia, Azerbadjan, Belarus, Bulgaria, Georgia, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Macedonia, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Turkey, Ukraine, Vietnam

14. http://www.ceengine.eu Lack of NREN Power Users • Croatia • Montenegro • Turkmenistan • Uganda • Uzbekistan

15. http://www.ceengine.eu EU countries with strong Power Users but not listed • Czech • Slovakia • Slovenia • Estonia • Lithuania not been primary targets for the WP2 research

16. http://www.ceengine.eu Others • Albania - no NREN yet • Kosovo – no NREN yet • Tajikistan – in progress • Bangladesh – no successful contact yet, and therefore was removed from the list • Afghanistan – no NREN and no successful contacts yet, so it was removed from the list.

17. http://www.ceengine.eu Key findings – 1 of 2 The region is underdeveloped in the applied sciences which demand high technology and expensive equipment for research The research, although declared as national priority, is in crisis for lack of financing and re-structuring

18. http://www.ceengine.eu Key findings – 2 of 2 University model of research is under development – from pure education to mixed – “education & research” model “National research network” is quite often understood as the network of academies of sciences A university may have connectivity to several providers and even no research network

19. http://www.ceengine.eu Fields of Related Research • Computer Sciences - GRID systems, high-performance computers, • Physics - new materials, high energy, and Nano-technology • Astronomy and observatories • Geology and seismology - seismic active regions of southeastern Europe

20. http://www.ceengine.eu Research partnership NREN Power Users are EU-centric in their international research collaboration utilizing their long-term relations with research teams from the countries like Bulgaria, Romania, Poland, Czech, Hungary

21. http://www.ceengine.eu Research power Research institutions from the region have capacity to partner with EU partners, but hardly can assume leadership in projects or activities

22. http://www.ceengine.eu Connectivity Non-GEANT connected usually suffer from low quality of connection but are concerned about the costs of GEANT NREN Power Users refer to the GEANT as a good opportunity for collaboration with European partners, rather than essential for their research and practice Education is eager for more educational content and services such as distance learning, video-conferencing, and others

23. http://www.ceengine.eu Mapping the NREN Power Users

24. http://www.ceengine.eu Map objectives • Associate the NREN services with the relevant research areas • Advise on how to consult the individual NREN Power Users on using the GEANT services and connectivity • Understanding the role of NRENs • Realize the NRENs need for specific help and treatment • Describe the situation in the region and by its design and technology

25. http://www.ceengine.eu Conclusions The other research areas are also demonstrating growing demand for collaborative services and should be considered in future The GEANT services demand centralization at national level so no other entities but NRENs can meet this challenge NRENs need specific regional approach and understanding the problems and needs of the region as a whole!

26. http://www.ceengine.eu Summary The best adoption of GEANT network and services in the region can be achieved by orchestrating a set of activities leading to integration of research institutions from the targeted region into EU research projects Only intensified collaboration with EU partners can increase the demand for GEANT and its services in the region, in opposition to the approach where the NRENs must procure rather costly and virtually not-used connectivity to GEANT

27. http://www.ceengine.eu Approach • Continuous consultations with GEANT team on GEANT services • Overlapping between GEANT and CEENet members • GEANT Promotional team • Involving Power Users in updating the database • Identify owners • Establish and maintain contact with them • Developing a consultancy resource kit

28. http://www.ceengine.eu Consultancy resource kit • User Consultancy web page • Links to services • FAQ • Involve GEANT experts • Brochure • Presentation • Database manual

29. Thank You ! ksimonski@gmail.com